Ken Arromdee writes: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > I think you're misunderstanding. You're not asked to agree with the law, > > merely its existence. > > Imagine a hypothetical where five years from now someone believes that the > law is unconstitutional and is embroiled in a lawsuit about it against the > government. This person does not, in fact, agree that the law restricts > people in any way (since an unconstitutional law is not valid). However, > the software license demands that he agree that he is restricted by law, so > he is barred from using the software.
The license demands that a licensor agree that the US government might criminally prosecute him for prohibited exports from the United States (the license says "OF GOODS AND/OR TECHNICAL DATA"). Good luck arguing against that broad statement; there are plenty of cases where goods -- such as military surplus missile launchers -- are export controlled with no viable constitutional question and some, probably smaller, number of cases where technical data are validly export controlled. Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]